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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Commons · Question 3948 · Tabled 3 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership benefits all parts of the UK equally.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 9 Sep 2024

The United Kingdom as a whole will accede to the CPTPP, and every nation and region of the UK is expected to benefit from the agreement, which is expected to increase GDP by £2 billion a year in the long run as published in the Department’s Impact Assessm...